MIAMI – A man was taken into custody Monday night after he was accused of stealing a marked Miami police Ford Explorer outside of the Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital, authorities said.
According to Miami police, officers responded to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Behavioral Health Emergency Center, located at 1695 NW 9th Ave., after receiving a call about a stolen patrol vehicle around 8 p.m.
The suspect’s arrest report states that the officer who the SUV belongs to had been dropping off another subject at the time.
Police said surveillance video shows the suspect, Joshua Lee Marlowe, 33, of Fort Lauderdale, looking into the rear driver-side window before opening the front driver-side door and driving away.
According to his arrest report, an officer spotted the SUV heading west on Northwest 28th Street, approaching 22nd Court.
The officer then notified tactical robbery units via police radio and Marlowe was pulled over in the area of Northwest 27th Avenue and 28th Street.
According to the report, Marlowe got out of the vehicle while wearing a City of Miami police hat. He was then taken into custody.
Marlowe’s mugshot showed that he had a bruised eye, however the arrest report does not state whether he had that before his arrest.
Police said Marlowe did speak briefly with detectives before refusing to answer any more questions. His statements to detectives were redacted from the publicly released report.
Marlowe faces charges of grand theft, grand theft of a law enforcement emergency vehicle, burglary and driving with a suspended license.